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N THE Year 1513, Ponce 
dc Leon, then (io\ernor 
of Porto Rico, sailed in 
search of the "Fountain 
of Youth." He came to 
^^■hat is now T'loritla, and 
ga\-e to the country its 
present name, because he 
first saw it on Easter Sun- 
day, which in Spanish is 
called "Pascua Florida," 
meaning the "Flowerv 
Passover." 



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N the days of the fabled 

"Fountain of Youth," 

nearly four hundred years 

ago, Florida became the 

Mecca of those in search of 

adventure, pleasure, health 

and wealth. Today, all the 

.^^^_ _^ cliarms of this wonderful state 

k[ ^i^^^T^ilNNMHJl ^^'^ known far and near, and 
'^^"^^^ every winter season sees a 
large increase in the number of pleasure and health seek- 
ers from all the world. Florida is the third largest state 
in the L'nion east of the Mississippi River, and lias more 
than 1 ,200 miles of coast line. At places, the coast is hard, 
white sand, stretching away for many miles; while at 
other points, bays, inlets and rivers provide excellent har- 
bors, and make possible the most remarkable pleasure 
places imaginable. 

And the same is true of the entire Gulf Coast as far west 
as New Orleans. But, best of all, the delightful winter 
climate of this pleasant Southland can be quickly reached 
in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours by the snow- 
driven travelers of the frozen North. 



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LORIDA has more resort hotels than any other 
state in the Union. Here the wealthy spend 
the winter season in luxury, or the man of 
moderate means finds excellent accommoda- 
tions within his reach, and added to it, and 
without cost, the most delightful winter cli- 
mate on the globe. 

Tourists destined to any resort in Florida will 
pass through Jacksonville. This city, because 
of its cosmopolitan character, is a revelation to 
the visitor. Located on the famous St. Johns 
River, it is twenty-two miles from the ocean; 
has numerous excellent hotels, clubs and the- 
atres; and during the winter season, racing of 
a high character is held daily. Then there is 
the famous ostrich farm, the trip to Pablo 
Beach with its wonderful ocean front, Atlantic 
Beach and May Port, at the mouth of the 
St. Johns River. A splendid automobile road, 
recently built, leads to Pablo Beach and St. 
Augustine, thence down the coast to Ormond 
and Daytona. 

No city in Florida is so interesting, or so rich 
historically, as is St. Augustine. In 1565, just 
fifty-two years after Ponce de Leon discovered 
Florida, Don Pedro Menendez built the first 
fort on the narrow peninsula between the Ma- 
tanzas and San Sebastian Rivers 
\ — and St. Augustine, the first town 
in the United States, came into ex- 
istence. 



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HERE are many other points of interest which 
owe their importance to the early Spanish set- 
tlers. There is old Fort Marion, completed in 
1756; the old City Gates are still standing, 
but no sentries are on duty, to challenge your 
going or coming. St. Joseph's Cathedral, 
completed in 1791, the great Sea Wall, and 
St. Francis Barracks, now occupied by United 
States troups, are other points which every 
tourist should see. In the older part of the 
town, the streets are very narrow, and seem 
even narrower by reason of the overhanging 
balconies of the quaint old Spanish houses. 

For the visitor of a day or a season, St. Augus- 
tine offers a hundred or more private boarding 
places and hotels of such far-famed excellence 
as the Ponce de Leon and Alcazar. 

A quarter of a century ago, a few rough cabins 
and scattered negro huts gave little promise to 
what may now be found on that narrow stretch 
of land between the ocean and the Halifax 
River, on Florida's east coast. Ormond, Day- 
tona and Sea Breeze are the principal resorts 
which yearly receive their quota of the world's 
travelers. The magnificent Hotel Ormond is 
most picturesquely situated, with the beautiful 
Halifax River in front and the Atlantic but 
a few yards on the other side. 



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ETVVEEN Ormond and Daytona, the ocean 
beach has become famous for its automobile 
racing every winter. Sailing, fishing and mo- 
tor boating on the Halifax are some of the 
favorite pastimes; while inland, and up some 
of the tributary streams, there is excellent 
shooting. Dogs, boats and guides may easily 
be procured at moderate prices. 

Every resort of any prominence in Florida 
has its well-appointed tennis courts and golf 
courses, but directly east of the Hotel Or- 
mond is one of the most famous links in all 
the South. Like those of Scotland, this bor- 
ders the sea, the soil is sandy and covered 
with tough grass, with many natural hazards, 
and always the invigorating salt sea air. 

Daytona and Sea Breeze are well supplied 
with good hotels for transient guests. In ad- 
dition, many residents of the North have here 
built beautiful homes, which they occupy 
every winter. There are, too, cottages and 
camps to let, for long or short periods. These 
are usually supplied with all necessary ar- 
ticles, so that one's stay here is attended by 
the least inconveniences. 



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NLAND from the ocean, south from Jack- 
sonville on the banks of the St. Johns River 
are Palatka and DeLand. It is from Palatka 
that steamers start for the Ocklawaha River, 
one of the most delightful of all Florida trips. 
This river winds its tortuous course through 
the heart of the jungle, and is often lost to 
view in the midst of the thick undergrowth. 
Great live oaks, stately palmettoes, cypresses, 
bay trees and a profusion of small shrubs, all 
veiled in mystic gray moss, give the scene 
a weird unreality, and when viewed by night, 
from the lighted boat, it is not hard to imagine 
all sorts of ghostly inhabitants. 

The Stetson University, the largest university 
in Florida, is located at DeLand, and in the 
neighborhood are many fine shell roads pene- 
trating the dense pine forests. 

Sanford, Winter Park and Orlando are in 
the heart of Florida's famous fresh-water lake 
region, where game and fish of many varie- 
ties abound. In this region are the most noted 
hunting and fishing grounds of the state. The 
climate is ideal the year round, and its loca- 
tion is higher and dryer than at the seashore, 
which is preferred by many. 




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ALM BEACH, as many have said, is one of 
the most wonderfully beautiful spots on the 
earth. The Royal Poinciana, The Breakers 
and the Palm Beach are the principal hotels. 
They are of such magnitude that the winter 
season finds here not only the wealthy men of 
the world, but people of more modest means, 
who find here all that can be desired. Here 
are also many palatial winter homes, and hun- 
dreds of cottages and bungalows which may 
be taken for the season. 

The Royal Poinciana and The Breakers stand 
on a narrow stretch of land between Lake 
Worth and the ocean, and the grounds are a 
tropical Eden, where plants and trees from 
all the world are gathered together. 

In the way of amusement, out of doors and 
in, there is nothing lacking. The golf links, 
an eighteen-hole course, is kept in perfect 
condition, and champion tournaments, as well 
as many local matches, are played off every 
season. The well-kept tennis courts are the 
scene of many spirited engagements. There is 
a shooting and yachting club and ball park, 
surf bathing, fishing, hunting, and motor boat- 
ing to engage the attention of all lovers of 
out-of-doors in the daytime. Manv fashion- 
able balls are held in the great halls of the 
hotels, and dancing parties and a continual 
round of fetes make life worth living in the 
nighttime. 



Searching for the 
"Fountain of Youth. " 



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OING on down the coast, we come to the most 
southern resort on the Atlantic — Miami. 
This was an Indian trading post a few years 
ago. Now thousands of tourists winter here, 
and to accommodate them there are numerous 
hotels and boarding places, principal among 
which is the Hotel Royal Palm. 

Chief of the glories of Miami is its fishing. 
There are yachts, power boats and houseboats 
without number on this peaceful and shallow 
sea called Bay Biscayne. This is the home of 
the game kingfish, sharks, tarpon, the Span- 
ish mackerel, the amberjack and a dozen other 
favorites, in quest of which the fishing boats 
go outside the bay and upon the broad Atlantic. 

Many people who come here to establish win- 
ter homes only have yielded to the charm of 
the tropics, and now live here the entire year. 
In the protection of the trade winds, they have 
settled down permanently, knowing that they 
need fear neither extreme of heat or cold. The 
drowsy sunlit days and the gorgeous, restful 
nights are like succeeding pages in the book 
of enchantment. 

The Hotel Royal Palm, is on a point of land 
formed by the junction of the Miami River 
with Bay Biscayne, and is surrounded by 
splendid gardens of cocoanut palms. 




He bathes in the 

" Youth- Giving" waters. 



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Hotel Roual Palm, 
Miami. 

On the Docks 
Key West. 

Hotel Colonial. Nassau. 



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T is from Miami that the Peninsular & Occi- 
dental steamers leave for Nassau, that famous 
resort in the Bahama Islands, a short distance 
at sea. 

A small rhapsody on the Bahaman ocean is a 
fitting, indeed a necessary, prelude to any ac- 
count of Nassau, for therein lies the magic of 
the place. 

Its boundless sunshine and soft sea breezes, its 
white beaches, the exquisite coloring of sea 
and sky, combine to make Nassau a fairy city, 
the entrancing beauty of which will live for- 
ever in memory. 

From Miami, also, one continues south by rail 
over the Florida Keys, one of the most in- 
teresting rail trips in the world. A stop is 
made at the north end of the great concrete 
viaduct, on Long Key. Here is maintained a 
fishing camp of huge proportions, and directly 
in the heart of famous fishing grounds. Then 
over the viaduct for many miles to Knights 
Key, and then by ferry into Key West. This 
is one of the most important naval stations of 
the United States. On the docks any day may 
be seen tons of sponges, great sea turtles and 
game fish awaiting shipment, as well as car- 
goes of Key West cigars, made in the immense 
factories near at hand. 




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Long Kep Fishing Cam/) 
and the 

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Railroad to Kep West. 

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ROM Key West to New Orleans, there are 
innumerable pleasure and health resorts. The 
most prominent among them are: Fort Myers 
and Punta Gorda; Tampa, a thoroughly 
metropolitan city with charming tropical 
parks and suburban pleasure resorts. By rea- 
son of its accessibility, Tampa is a popular 
center from which many delightful excursions 
are made by rail and steamer. Across Tampa 
Bay are St. Petersburg and Belleaire, the heart 
of the winter resort region of western Florida; 
Tarpon Springs and Pensacola; Mobile and 
Magnolia Springs; Ocean Springs, so called 
from the mineral springs found there; Biloxi, 
the largest town between Mobile and New 
Orleans, founded by the French in 1699, and 
the oldest on the coast; Gulf Port is next on 
the map, and is the principal Mississippi sea- 
port. Then comes Pass Christian, the most 
popular and pretentious of all the Gulf Coast 
resorts and Bay St. Louis, the first wintering 
place east of New Orleans. 

At any one of these famous winter places one 
may find every convenience and luxury of 
fashionable hotel life, or the homelike atmos- 
phere of private boarding places, or cottages 
to be rented for the season. The principal 
sports of all these places are fishing, sailing, 
motoring over fine shell roads, bathing, golf 
and tennis. 






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EW ORLEANS is a quaint old-world city, and 
is rapidly becoming one of the most favored 
winter resorts in America. Founded in 1718 
by Bienville, it remained the capital of Louisi- 
ana under French and English possessions. 
Below Canal Street the city is as foreign as 
any in France; French faces, names and signs 
are on every hand. 

Many are the points of interest in this historic 
place. There are Jackson Square, with its 
yellow old St. Louis Cathedral, the center of 
the old town. The Cabildo, in which the 
formal ceremonies of the delivery of Louisi- 
ana to the United States were made. The 
Haunted House, Congo Square, famous for 
its bullfights, Esplanade Avenue, typical of 
the wealthy Creole element, the Old Ab- 
sinthe House, built in 1752, and in the rear 
of the old St. Louis Hotel stands the house 
that was built as the American home for Na- 
poleon Bonaparte. 

In Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans the 
famous Mardi Gras carnivals are annually 
held. These carnival celebrations have reached 
such proportions that national and interna- 
tional attention has been attracted to them, 
and all these cities are crowded to their utmost 
with strangers from all over the land. 



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Hotel Ropal— The 
Old Slave Market. 

The Oldest House in the 
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CUBAN trip should be taken by everyone 
visiting the southern coast of the United 
States. Palatial steamers leave from New Or- 
leans, Port Tampa, St. Petersburg or Knights 
Key, and after a delightful voyage across the 
gulf, enter the harbor of Havana at sunrise. 
This is a sight long to be remembered. Fa- 
mous old Moro Castle and Cabanas Fortress 
occupy the rocky elevation to the left, while 
beyond sparkle the waters of the harbor, re- 
flecting a riot of bright colors from the build- 
ings along the shore. 

There are many Americans in Havana, so that 
one does not feel altogether alone, but a great 
majority of the inhabitants are Spanish, and 
the city is as typical of old Spain as Seville. 
Your ship comes to anchor in sight of the 
wreck of the battleship Maine, and with very 

ttle delay you are transported into the city, 
where you take one of the thousands of car- 
riages to your hotel. All the principal hotels, 

uch as the Pasaje, Sevilla, the Miramar and 
the Ingleterra, have representatives and inter- 

reters to meet all boats. 

Havana and the surrounding country is full 
f interest to visitors. All the structures, from 

the humble cottage to the grand palaces, are 
of stone; everything is massive and substantial. 



French soldiers 
reconnoitering Pensacola. 



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Havana. 

Columbus' Tomb. 
Entrance to 
Cabanas Fortress. 
The Prado and 
Marianao Beach. 
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SIDE from the fine hotels there are the nar- 
row old-world streets, lined with shops of 
every size and character. A drive along the 
Prado takes one from the seashore through 
the heart of the city to beautiful parks. One 
must see the tomb of Columbus, the President's 
Palace, a private residence or two with its 
fountains and palms, surrounded by the four 
walls of the house proper. Then the new res- 
idence section in the suburbs. 

Then a trip through the country to other towns. 
This is a revelation, for on every hand are 
thriving plantations of sugar, tobacco, pine- 
apples, rubber, etc. 

The Isle of Pines is forty miles south of Cuban 
shores in the Caribbean Sea. Although claimed 
by Cuba as part of its territory, the Isle of 
Pines is three-fourths American in population. 
Its growth during the past ten years has been 
marvelous, owing to the farsightedness of 
those who at once recognized its wonderful 
climate and fertility of soil. 

Such is a brief outline of Florida, the Gulf 
Coast and Cuba. One cannot spend a week 
in any part of this southern country without 
fully appreciating the fact that here is the 
winter playground for the whole nation. 



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Punta Gorda, 
Cienfuegos, Cuba. 

Harvesting Pineapples. 

Jagiia Castle, Cienfuegos. 

Pack Train near Matansas. 



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F all the routes to the Southland the most pic- 
turesque, the most historical and the most 
convenient is that of the "Dixie Flyer," leav- 
ing Chicago from the La Salle Street Station 
on the elevated "Loop" about 10:00 p. m. and 
arriving in Jacksonville early the second morn- 
ing. This famous train skirts the eastern upper 
half of Illinois, then from Terre Haute down 
the western boundary of Indiana to the Ohio 
River at Evansville. 

Nashville is the next city of importance, and 
from there south the route winds through the 
picturesque mountains and valleys of Tennes- 
see, directly in view of or near the famous 
battlefields of Murphreesboro, Kennesaw 
Mountain and Chickamauga. A stop of 
twenty minutes is usually made in the station 
at Chattanooga, which houses that famous old 
engine "General" that played such a thrilling 
part in the raid of Captain Andrew^s and his 
men during the war for the Union. 

For many miles the train skirts the base of 
Lookout Mountain, a scene of one of the blood- 
iest battles of the Civil War, then on to 
Atlanta, the metropolis of the south. From 
here to Jacksonville, Fla., the route lies 
through picturesque plantations and cotton 
fields, where happy colored folks are about 
their outdoor labors, and one imagines he is 
living in the days "befo' de wah." 



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"Dixie Fiver " at 
Lookout Mountain 
and Moccasin Bend. 



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Lookout Mountain, 

and Engine "General 

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HE "Dixie Flyer" is an all-the-year-round 
train running through solid from Chicago to 
Jacksonville via Evansville, Nashville, Chat- 
tanooga and Atlanta. This train consists of 
electric-lighted standard Pullman observation 
compartment sleeper, electric-lighted standard 
Pullman twelve-section drawing-room sleep- 
ing car, dining car, serving all meals a la carte, 
Evansville to Atlanta, first-class coach, smoker 
and baggage car through to Jacksonville. 

Round-trip winter tourist tickets to Florida and the South 
will be on sale commencing about November 1, 1911, up to 
and including April 30, 1912; limited to return until 
June 1, 1912. 

Round-trip tickets to Cuba are on sale daily, limited to 
return six months from date of sale. 

Liberal stop-over privileges, both going and returning. 

The following C. & E. I. representatives will cheerfully 
answer all inquiries as to rates, and make sleeping or parlor 
car reservations upon request : 

A. B. SCHMIDT, General Agt. Pass'r Dept..l08 E. Adams St., Chicago 
J. M. JILLICH, Traveling Pass'r Agt... 834 McCormick Bldg., Chicago 

W. H. ORAM, Traveling Pass'r Agt 834 McCormick Bldg., Chicago 

M. B. MUXEN, District Pass'r Agt Oliver Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. 

C. W. HUMPHREY, Dist. Pass'r Agt.. 131 E. 6th St., St. Paul, Minn. 

O. B. LOZIER, Traveling Pass'r Agt Danville, 111. 

J. E.BUDD, City Pass'r and Tkt. Agt. .674 Wabash Av.,Terre Haute, Ind. 

N. K. AGNEW, Division Pass'r Agt 227 Main St., Evansville, Ind. 

L. B.WASHINGTON, Dist. Pass'r Agt .208 W. Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla. 

W. H. RICHARDSON, General Passenger Agent, 
Chicago. 



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